Cargo throughput at Hong Kong International Airport rose 12.7% in June over the same period last year, reaching 280,000 tonnes, due to strong demand for exports from the US and Europe.

During the month 3.3 million passengers travelled through the airport, up 6.9%, while aircraft movements also surged 10.4%, to 21,265.

In the first six months of this year, passenger throughput was 19.4 million, cargo volume 1.6 million tonnes and aircraft movements at 124,700.

The authority said the figures show encouraging growth in all categories of air traffic, adding a continuous growth trend is expected and new traffic records can hopefully be set by year's end.